James Edward Hayden, Sr.
Second Assistant Engineer
RV Roger Revelle
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
On this Expedition:
On the RV Roger Revelle, my job as Second Engineer includes many areas of responsibility, especially water-making and the fuel systems. The position is classified for a 6000 HP vessel. Since our engines are generators to power electric motors to drive the ship, everyone works with very advanced systems. See the article on the engine area for more detail.
About myself:
I live on an island off the Coast of Maine and am a native of Maine. I have gone to sea for 43 years. I hold a Chief Engineer's license for Steam, Motor, and Gas Turbine Engines of Unlimited Horsepower. I've been married 36 years and have two children. My son is pursuing his Ph.D. in Entomology at Cornell University and my daughter is pursuing her Ph.D. in Anglo Saxon, Norse and Celtic Studies at the University of Cambridge. I've been on every continent, to 141 countries, and in 13 wars, coup d'etats, uprisings and revolutions. I am an avid gardener, and grow many of my plants indoor during winter before the summer growing season but I refuse to grow orchids as orchid addiction is an addiction that can't be kicked. I also write short stories that will only be published after my death.
For Students:
Many of the officers and crew of Merchant Marine ships, such as this one, graduated from the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine as I did. The Merchant Marine is about trade and commerce. It is primarily the shipping of manufactured goods, resources and or people from one place to another. While it has been used in every war that the United States has had, it is really a tool for trade and peace. Indeed, no war the United States has had could have been fought without the Merchant Marine, but that is not the purpose of our profession that merchant seamen are most proud of. We prefer peaceful trade and commerce. If you want to fight there other ways to learn it than at a school for merchant seamen.
As I mentioned in a previous paragraph I've been everywhere and they paid me (well), fed me (well), and gave me a place to sleep. When I go on vacation it is usually for two or more months, at which time I pursue my hobbies and take care of home business that I neglected while I was gone at sea.
You can make more money in other professions, but you can't have as much fun as I do.
(alphabetical order by last name)
Sarah Baumgardner - Geosciences, MIT
Darryl Churchill - Engine Room Propulsion, RV Roger Revelle
Tom Desjardins - Captain, RV Roger Revelle
Meghan Donohue - Resident Marine Technician (aka restech)
Amy Eisin - Marine Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M
Jay Erickson - Senior Cook, RV Roger Revelle
Joseph Ferris III - Second Mate, RV Roger Revelle
Dr. Fred Frey - Geochemistry Professor, MIT
Heather Galiher - 3rd Mate, RV Roger Revelle
Jackie Gauntlett - Geology and Oceanography, UCT
Howie Goldstein - Marine Mammal Biologist, Observer
James Edward Hayden, Sr. - Second Asisstant Engineer, RV Roger Revelle
Philip Hogan - Engine Room, Propulsion, RV Roger Revelle
Shari Hilding-Kronforst - Marine Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M
Lara Kalnins - Geophysics, University of Oxford
George Kennedy - A/B Deck, RV Roger Revelle
Clemens Kessler - Seaman, RV Roger Revelle
Dr. Kolluru Sree Krishna - Marine Geophysics, Goa, India
Dr. Oleg Levchenko - Shirshov Inst. of Oceanology Professor, Moscow
Joe Martino - Seaman, RV Roger Revelle
Evelyn Mervine - Geochemistry Woods Hole / MIT
Laura Morse - Marine Biologist, Marine Mammal Observer
Brandi Murphy - Marine Geophysical Technician
Leslie Nemazi - Marine Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M
Soumen Mallick - Isotope Geochemistry, Florida State University
Matthew Peer - Third Asisstant Engineer, RV Roger Revelle
Ines G. Nobre Silva - Isotope Geochemistry, University of British Columbia, Canada
Holly Owens - Geochronology, MIT
Scott Rasmussen - Geosciences, Brown University
Christopher Paul - Marine Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M
Dr. Malcolm Pringle - Research Scientist / Geochronologist Professor, MIT
Dr. Dasari Gopala Rao - Marine Geophysics & Geology, India
Dr. Will Sager - Marine Geology & Geophysics Professor, Texas A&M
Dax Soule - Geophysicist, Geology, Texas A&M
Masako Tominaga - Marine Geophysics, Texas A&M
Richard Vullo - Chief Mate, RV Roer Revelle
Rory Wilson - Teacher at Sea, JOI Learning
James Wiltshire - Marine Geology, UCT
BACKGROUND
7/7 - Exploring the Heart of the RV Roger Revelle
6/29 - Looking into the Geophysical World (Undersea)
6/24 - Another Look at OUR WORLD
6/21 - First Look... Onboard the RV Roger Revelle
